Ashvale, 4 Bath Street, Stonehaven

Circa 1820, with later additions. 2-storey, 3-bay, classically-detailed, piend- and platform-roofed villa in large garden, with corniced doorpiece and window. Sandstone ashlar with rusticated quoins; rendered to sides. Cornice and blocking course returned and terminated at E and W elevations. Stone mullions.

S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: centre bay at ground with panelled timber door, leaded margined glass to sidelights and coloured glass fanlight with name 'ASHVALE', shallow wide-centre tripartite above and single window to each floor at right (that to ground corniced); later full-height canted window at left.

W ELEVATION: ground floor with modern conservatory at left; window to centre at 1st floor.

E ELEVATION: garden wall abutting at outer left, and single windows to outer bays at 1st floor.

Predominantly small-pane glazing pattern to upper sashes over plate glass in timber sash and case windows. Grey slates. Coped ashlar wallhead stacks with polygonal cans.

INTERIOR: some moulded plasterwork cornicing; timber fire surround; dog-leg staircase with turned timber balusters and square newel post.

WALLED GARDEN, RAILINGS, GATE AND GATEPIERS: coped, rubble-built walled garden; low wall to street with inset decorative ironwork railings with spear-head finials. Similar decorative vehicular gate with pair of tall, square-section corniced and coped ashlar gatepiers.